Detail

Area

Egypt

Commodity Group

Grains

Commodity

Wheat

Date

21/05/2017

Policy Category

Consumption and marketing

Policy Instrument

Government procurement

Description

Announced it will grant wheat farmers EGP 15 (USD 0.83) per tonne for wheat in jute bags, and EGP 10 (USD 0.55) per tonne for wheat destined for silos which are far from production areas but have significant storage capacity.